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L. T. FOLLANSBEE.

TRAP,

No. 404,271. Patented May'28, 1889..

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LAMBERT T. FOLLANSBEE, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

TRAP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 404,271, dated May 28, 1889.

Application led August 21, 1888. Serial No. 283,300. (No model.)

To coll whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, LAMBERT T. FoLLANs- BEE, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Vashington, in the District of Oolumbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bath-Tub Traps, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

My invention relates to bath-tub traps; and it has for its object to provide a trap which, in the event of its becoming fouled or choked up, can be readily and easily cleaned.

A very common type of bath-tub traps now in use is a U or S shaped lead pipe having an opening in its under side at the bend, through which sediment may be drawn off, the opening being closed by a screw-plug. As the tub sits on the floor of the room, the trap must necessarily be placed under the floor, which frequently gives rise to a great deal of trouble, for if the trap becomes choked 'a portion of the iioor must be taken up in order to get access to the screw-plug and to place a vessel under the opening in the pipe to catch the contents of the trap. Then again, if there should be a leak at the plugged opening, the ceiling of the room below would be injured before the leak would be discovered. .These difficulties may be entirely avoided by means of my invention, which I will nowproceed to describe.

The accompanying drawing is a vertical sectional view of my improved trap in position.

A represents the bath-tub, a portion only of which is shown.

B is the usual grated thimble leading from the interior of the tub into the mouth of the trap, and O is the stopper for the thimble.

D is the pan usually placed under the tub.

E E is the trap, which is made, preferably, of lead pipe. It consists of two branches, one of which, E, is bent into U or other like form, while the other branch, E', is straight and intersects branch E in the under side of its bend, its lower end being provided with a screw-tap, T.

When the trap is in position, one end of branch E extends upward through the floor F, upon which thebath-tub is set, and is in communication with the interior of the tub by means of the ordinary grated thi-mble, the other end of the bent branch being connected to the discharge-pipe G under the floor. The str. ight branch E extends downward through the ceiling H ofthe room below far enough to receive the screw-tap T,which may, if desired, be made to resemble a rosette or other like ornament.

A rod, I, carrying at its upper end a stopper, S, for closing the upper end of branch E', is swiveled in the tap T, the rod being provided with a shoulder, t', which rests against the inner side of the tap, and the outer end of the rod being headed down loosely onto the tap, as clearly shown. The stopper may be either rigidly or loosely secured to the rod. This construction enables the tap to be turned without turning the stopper. The stopper, on being' reciprocated in branch E after the tap is unscrewed, will serve as a piston and tend to start the obstruction inthe trap.

If preferred, the stopper and its carryingrod may be dispensed with and the water in the trap allowed to iill the branch E.

By unscrewing the tap T any obstruction in the trapwsuch as matches, hair, and the like-can be readily removed without in the least disturbing either the Hoor or ceiling. As the tap is below the ceiling, no damage would result to the latter if there should be a leak at the former.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A bath-tub trap consisting of a U or other suitably-bent pipe and a straight pipe communicating with the bent pipe atthe under side of its bend, one end of the bent pipe passing up through the iioor on which the tub sits and communicating with the interior of the tub, while its other end is connected to the discharge-pipe, the straight pipe passing downward through the ceiling of the room below and provided at its lower end with a screw-tap, substantially as described.

2. A bath--tub trap consisting of a U or other suitably-bent pipe and a straight pipe communicating with the bent pipe at the under side of its bend, one end of the bent pipe passing up through the oor on which the tub sits and communicating with the interior of the tub, while its other end is connected to the discharge pipe, the straight pipe pasSing In testimony whereof I afiix mysignature in downward through the ceiling of the room bepresence of two Witnesses. 10W and provided with a stopper for closing its upper end, a screw-tap for closing its lower LAMBERT T. FOLLANSBEE. 5 end, and a rod connecting; the stopper and tap, whereby on unserewing the latter the Titnessesz 'formel' may be withdrawn, substantially as WVM. HUNTER MYERS, described, and for the purposes set forth. ROBERT OWENS. 

